1961 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 73-54
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Joe Macko (73-54)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 24,320, Avg. 383
Playoffs - St. Cloud Rox 1 game, Duluth-Superior Dukes 0
Finals - Aberdeen Pheasants 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 0
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 73 wins and 54 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Rox led the league with 701 runs, powered by 80 home runs. St. Cloud yielded 615 runs. Billy Cowan paced the squad with 18 home runs, and Joe Macko walloped 15 or more as well. Billy Cowan drove in 83 runs. Lou Brock topped batters with significant playing time with a .361 average. Franklin Hodges and James Fraser paced the squad with 12 wins each, while James Fraser recorded a 2.84 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1961 St. Cloud Rox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Hal Gilson, Lou Brock, Billy Ott, Billy Cowan and Ron Campbell.
Joe Macko served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fraser | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.84 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 130.0 | 116 | 51 | 41 | 9 | 41 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Franklin Hodges | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.03 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 183.0 | 190 | 104 | 82 | 10 | 88 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Donald Isaacs | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.61 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 132.0 | 148 | 68 | 53 | 15 | 39 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Ballou | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.37 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 115.0 | 125 | 51 | 43 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Daniel Saporiti | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.08 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 152.0 | 132 | 79 | 52 | 5 | 77 | 112 | 10 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Peter Thompson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 79 | 47 | 34 | 7 | 33 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| James McGarigle | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.36 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 80 | 57 | 48 | 5 | 94 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| John Weiss | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 52 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| George Petzold | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.59 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Brian Eldredge | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Mandy | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Teague | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Gilson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10.36 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 48 | 46 | 38 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Daniel Combs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 54 | .575 | 4.00 | 260 | 119 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1015.0 | 1038 | 577 | 451 | 67 | 513 | 0 | 592 | 38 | 7 | 60 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Brock | 128 | 567 | 501 | 117 | 181 | 33 | 6 | 14 | 82 | 38 | 56 | 105 | .361 | .426 | .535 | .960 | 268 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Ron Campbell | 128 | 572 | 531 | 79 | 140 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 31 | 62 | .264 | .307 | .322 | .629 | 171 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Billy Ott | 127 | 538 | 443 | 67 | 136 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 75 | 17 | 81 | 80 | .307 | .410 | .442 | .852 | 196 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Billy Cowan | 110 | 461 | 425 | 80 | 126 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 83 | 13 | 28 | 108 | .296 | .341 | .506 | .847 | 215 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Perry Noun | 108 | 470 | 369 | 65 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 12 | 88 | 73 | .266 | .407 | .355 | .762 | 131 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Joe Macko | 102 | 393 | 325 | 69 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 8 | 56 | 63 | .265 | .382 | .474 | .856 | 154 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Brian Mee | 120 | 453 | 360 | 57 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 78 | 82 | .203 | .345 | .303 | .648 | 109 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Daniel Combs | 84 | 240 | 193 | 49 | 59 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 3 | 45 | 36 | .306 | .433 | .549 | .983 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Maloney | 81 | 280 | 231 | 28 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 44 | 40 | .229 | .350 | .273 | .623 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Frank DeMoss | 40 | 149 | 136 | 17 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 18 | .324 | .367 | .390 | .757 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gene Etter | 46 | 167 | 144 | 24 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 9 | .257 | .341 | .278 | .619 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ken Faulkner | 16 | 69 | 52 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 4 | .385 | .507 | .442 | .950 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Fraser | 21 | 64 | 61 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .262 | .266 | .311 | .577 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eugene Petty | 34 | 95 | 78 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 20 | .192 | .316 | .205 | .521 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lou Leonard | 10 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .296 | .513 | .444 | .957 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Franklin Hodges | 29 | 77 | 58 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | .138 | .265 | .138 | .403 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Saporiti | 34 | 60 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .118 | .196 | .157 | .353 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Donald Isaacs | 20 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .109 | .180 | .109 | .289 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hal Gilson | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| John Weiss | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter Thompson | 43 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Ballou | 17 | 47 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .073 | .152 | .073 | .225 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| James McGarigle | 35 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .077 | .143 | .154 | .297 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Mandy | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Petzold | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Eldredge | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Teague | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1383 | 4886 | 4160 | 700 | 1126 | 168 | 41 | 80 | 598 | 119 | 0 | 597 | 816 | .271 | .364 | .388 | .752 | 1616 | 0 | 36 | 47 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Macko | 1B | 90 | 726 | 49 | 15 | 65 | .981 | 8.611 | ||||
| Daniel Combs | 1B | 36 | 262 | 13 | 9 | 27 | .968 | 7.639 | ||||
| Eugene Petty | 1B | 24 | 127 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .970 | 5.458 | ||||
| Perry Noun | 2B | 72 | 166 | 205 | 19 | 44 | .951 | 5.153 | ||||
| Gene Etter | 2B | 40 | 125 | 127 | 15 | 23 | .944 | 6.300 | ||||
| William Maloney | 2B | 15 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 11 | .972 | 4.600 | ||||
| Ron Campbell | 3B | 124 | 144 | 287 | 34 | 30 | .927 | 3.476 | ||||
| Brian Mee | C | 119 | 632 | 90 | 27 | 6 | .964 | 6.067 | 21 | |||
| Daniel Combs | C | 16 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .906 | 3.625 | 4 | |||
| Lou Brock | OF | 127 | 277 | 14 | 14 | 0 | .954 | 2.291 | ||||
| Billy Ott | OF | 114 | 171 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .974 | 1.658 | ||||
| Billy Cowan | OF | 109 | 177 | 13 | 11 | 3 | .945 | 1.743 | ||||
| Ken Faulkner | OF | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Daniel Combs | OF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Peter Thompson | P | 43 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .840 | .488 | ||||
| James McGarigle | P | 35 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .900 | .771 | ||||
| Daniel Saporiti | P | 34 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 1.235 | ||||
| Franklin Hodges | P | 29 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 2 | .889 | 1.655 | ||||
| Donald Isaacs | P | 20 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| James Fraser | P | 17 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 1.235 | ||||
| Bill Ballou | P | 17 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Joe Macko | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| John Weiss | P | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Petzold | P | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Teague | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Gilson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Eldredge | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Mandy | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Combs | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Maloney | SS | 55 | 95 | 143 | 15 | 34 | .941 | 4.327 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | SS | 37 | 49 | 96 | 13 | 15 | .918 | 3.919 | ||||
| Perry Noun | SS | 34 | 55 | 104 | 15 | 16 | .914 | 4.676 | ||||
| Billy Ott | SS | 12 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 11 | .843 | 4.917 | ||||
| Totals | 1312 | 3188 | 1430 | 244 | 305 | .950 | 3.520 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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